Printers and graphic arts professionals will have the opportunity to come together to discuss the latest environmental trends, issues, and impact on the printing industry at the special Green Roundtable event at the Graphics of the Americas Expo & Conference (GOA) at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami. The event will be moderated by Richard Romano.
The Gresham, OR, facility of Unisource Worldwide has earned an ENERGY STAR certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This designation is given only to buildings scoring in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency.
Appleton Coated is now offering its category-leading U2:XG 30 percent PCRF recycled no.2 coated paper for the same price as its standard 10 percent PCRF no.2 sheet, Utopia Two. Making ordering easier, it is stocking 69 new U2:XG stock items in its national distribution centers.
Located in Linden, NJ, Cox Printers already has a 36-kilowatt solar energy system and two wind turbines on its own roof. Now, the business has decided to sponsor a portion of a solar panel installed at a local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post.
HP has announced new updates to help reduce the environmental impact of HP Indigo digital prints. Some of the new updates include new trials that conclusively demonstrate the deinkability of HP Indigo prints in typical Graphic Arts Paper deinking mill configuration, and fully recyclable packaging for ink cartridges.
Every now and then I come across a study that flies in the face of conventional beliefs. This one in particular interested me because of our ongoing campaign to remove “anti-paper” green claims used to promote “lower cost” electronic billing. Let’s take a look.
Domtar Corp.'s The Paper Trail Website now features a new tool that will now include even more papers from the environmentally and socially responsible EarthChoice product line. Users can also browse two more Domtar facilities—the Hawesville, KY, and Marlboro, SC mills—to learn more about their histories, as well as their community outreach efforts.
Facing demands for deep cuts in CO2 emissions, Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) decided to see if technological change could yield more than just marginal improvements. It set up two teams of scientists and businesspeople, each under a former chief executive (of Smurfit Kappa, the fourth-largest European papermaker, and Mondi, the fifth).
The teams set up a common knowledge base because the idea was to test creativity, not proprietary information. They also sought ideas from outsiders with carbon-reduction programs, such as Tata Steel.
Each team came up with four ideas. On November 27th a jury chose a winner.
To further improve upon and simplify the recycling process for customer consumables, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. has added enhancements to the Konica Minolta Clean Planet Recycling Program. The program helps reduce the overall ecological footprint via a streamlined return and recycle process.
A new straw alternative to papers made from ancient and endangered forests is hitting the North American market. Four of Canopy's leading printer partners are now offering Prairie Paper’s new Step Forward Paper Professional Grade 60 percent wheat straw uncoated folio sheet for use by book and magazine publishers and for marketing purposes.
